There's been a lot of "shallow" discussions on here regarding CJF's motivations, and expectations, in hiring Mike Yurcich imho.
Much of the lack of substance in these conversations accrues to the fact that there has been no discussion as to what the most important element an OC brings to a staff... Is it position coaching, recruiting, "Playbook" (i.e., offensive schemes, philosophy...).
IMHO, the success of OC's at Bama and duhO$U (let's not forget that Ryan Day was hired by Urban Meyer as his OC in 2017 and one year later was named as the heir-apparent) suggests that the #1 thing the OC brings is an impact on the Offensive Playbook and schemes (actually JoeMo was good proof of this at PSU). Watch the films of Bama - their incredible passing success is not just great receivers - they had offensive schemes that put defenders in conclict... look how often Devonta Smith was running wide-open against duhO$U. He was not beating single-coverage on most of these plays, he was running free due to defensive breakdowns - IOW, Bama's OC's schemes beat duhO$U's DC's schemes.
Play design has a massive impact on the success of a play and all the "arm-chair Lombardis" on here who say it doesn't matter at all and the only thing that matters is who you line up at WR (or RB, etc...) are completely full of shit.
Much of the lack of substance in these conversations accrues to the fact that there has been no discussion as to what the most important element an OC brings to a staff... Is it position coaching, recruiting, "Playbook" (i.e., offensive schemes, philosophy...).
IMHO, the success of OC's at Bama and duhO$U (let's not forget that Ryan Day was hired by Urban Meyer as his OC in 2017 and one year later was named as the heir-apparent) suggests that the #1 thing the OC brings is an impact on the Offensive Playbook and schemes (actually JoeMo was good proof of this at PSU). Watch the films of Bama - their incredible passing success is not just great receivers - they had offensive schemes that put defenders in conclict... look how often Devonta Smith was running wide-open against duhO$U. He was not beating single-coverage on most of these plays, he was running free due to defensive breakdowns - IOW, Bama's OC's schemes beat duhO$U's DC's schemes.
Play design has a massive impact on the success of a play and all the "arm-chair Lombardis" on here who say it doesn't matter at all and the only thing that matters is who you line up at WR (or RB, etc...) are completely full of shit.